Mastery of Self
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MAN is made for attainment and achievement; to
ever become greater and greater than he is now - that is the purpose of his
life; and to promote that purpose he must ever advance in the mastery of self.
To move forward in the path of attainment, everything in the being of man must
be employed constructively; every process in mind or body must become a
building process, and all the elements and forces in the human system must work
together towards the great goal in view; but to direct the whole of self to
work for a greater self demands the mastery of self. No power in man can do what it is created to do, and what it has the
capacity to do, until it is directed by man himself; powers, elements, forces
and things are at the disposal of man; they can do only what he directs them to
do; they respond only to his control, but before man can gain the power to
master forces and things, he must gain the power to master himself. When man
has gained the power to control himself he can control everything in his world
without trying to control anything. It is therefore evident that he who is
trying to control everything has not learned how to control anything. The true
master never tries to master anything, not even himself. He does not have to try
to be a master - he is a master. Nor is it necessary to try to be a master in
order to reach that state where one is a master; in fact no person can learn to
control himself so long as he tries to control himself. To eliminate every
desire to master oneself is the first step towards the attainment of the
mastery of self. He who does not wish to control anything is alone prepared to
gain the power to control everything. He who tries to control himself, or who
tries to control anything that exists outside of himself gives everything in
his being the tendency to work towards the surface; the power that produces the
mastery of self, however, can only be gained by training the mind to move in
the opposite direction. To master self is to have the power to produce any
effect desired in any part of mind or body, and to produce any effect desired
it is necessary to produce the corresponding cause; but to produce any cause
the mind must act in the world of cause - a world which exists, not on the
surface of thought or being, but in the great within. The harder one tries to
control himself the nearer to the surface will the mind act, and the further
will mental action be separated from that interior mental state from which one
may gain the power to control himself. He who tries to attain the mastery of
self will act entirely upon the outer mental world of effect, and will
therefore be unable to create the cause that can produce the mastery of self.
The mind must act back of, beneath and above the effect in order to change or
produce the cause. The state of self-mastery is an effect; it is the result of
certain attainments; therefore, to produce the state of self-mastery, one must
not act upon the state of self-mastery, but must proceed to promote those
attainments that naturally result in self-mastery.
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Mastery of Self is indispensable to you living of life - a whole life, a
complete life and a fulfilled life. Everything that exists in the being of
every man and woman is created for some purpose, and the whole of life is not
lived as it is intended to be lived unless every such purpose is fulfilled.
When you are in perfect control of yourself you can accomplish from two to five
times as much with a given talent as anyone who have no more self-control than
the average person. If you hope to attain much and achieve much, self-mastery
is invaluable. And it is equally important in the minor affairs of everyday
life. Notice how much distress comes hourly to millions because they cannot
control their feelings, emotions, thoughts and actions. A large share of the
mistakes that are made every moment can be traced directly to a lack of
self-control; and the same can be said of sickness, trouble and failure.
Are
you ready to learn how you can have health, happiness, harmony, peace, power
and plenty in an easy, natural and effective way?
About the Author
Larry McLauchlin is a specialist in communication, and individual
and corporate transformations. He has spent the over 30 years researching and
making practical the structure of communication, persuasion, influence,
leadership and spirituality. Larry’s major project is to bring the wisdom of
early 1900s authors, such as, Christian Larson, Wallace Wattles, Charles F. Haanel and others to the general public. Larry currently
has published over 30 spiritual, inspirational, self-help e-books through
www.ProsperitySecrets.com and www.Spiritual-e-books.com. He is a Certified
Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
And has spent thousands of hour compiling, understanding, internalizing and
training in advanced language patterns, hypnosis and how the mind works. He is
the internationally known author of Advanced Language Patterns Mastery. For a
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